The Lovecraft LexiconA Reader’s Guide to Persons, Places and Thingsin the Tales of H.P. Lovecraft

By Anthony B. Pearsall

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Though Howard Phillips (H.P.) Lovecraft died in 1937, his remarkable body of work—including
The Dunwich Horror and The Call of Cthulhu—continue to intrigue and horrify
readers from all over the world. Its elements of horror, fantasy and magic have captured an
enormous and varied audience. But Lovecraft’s world of imagination can be highly complex. It
is filled with a daunting array of bizarre and obscure characters, monsters, places and things
which can be quite a task for anyone to sort out. Anthony Pearsall has done just that. From
“Abbadon” (a demon in The Nameless City) to “Zuro” (a river in The
Quest of Iranon), Pearsall has meticulously covered hundreds of the People, Places and Things
in H.P. Lovecraft’s writings. Armed with The Lovecraft Lexicon, you have the
definitive guide to the people, places and other important aspects of a truly incredible
universe.While The Lovecraft Lexicon is not a biography, Pearsall also
includes quite a bit about Lovecraft himself, as well as many of the People, Places and Things
which influenced his life and his writings.And if that isn’t enough, a special, extended Appendix details
one of Lovecraft’s recurrent themes: Caves, Caverns & Abysses.

Anthony Pearsall was born and raised in California, where he still lives. He is a graduate of
the University of California at Berkeley. The Lovecraft Lexicon is his first book.